A Sampling of Clips for
November 23 - 25, 2002
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AIDS drugs’
effects will be focus of UCSD study
San Diego Union Tribune, Nov. 25 –
UCSD medical researchers led by professor of
psychiatry Igor Grant will direct a new study that explores
how drugs that improve the health of people infected with the
AIDS virus affect the brain and its vital functions such as
memory, thinking and motor skills.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/uniontrib/mon/metro/news_1m25ucstudy.html
Dead reckoning
San Diego Union Tribune, Nov. 24,
Pg. 1 – Eric Altschuler, a visiting professor
at UCSD’s Brain and Perception Laboratory,
diagnoses the diseases of famous deceased people. The practice
involves plowing through ancient texts, forgotten letters, biographies
and histories, and foraging for long-overlooked clues to a subject’s
suffering or demise. (Mentions a UCSD study
by Altschuler and V.S. Ramachandran
that announced positive results from a treatment using mirrors
to help stroke victims move their damaged limbs).
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/uniontrib/sun/currents/news_mz1c24dead.html
Quincy Troupe:
Should he stay, or should he go?
San Diego Union Tribune, Nov. 24,
Pg. 2 – Letters regarding UCSD literature
professor Quincy Troupe.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/uniontrib/sun/arts/news_1a24qletters.html
Water supply
will fall short of demand
NBC News Los Angeles, Nov. 21 -- Global
warming will have a devastating effect on the availability of
water in the western United States, according to a new study
involving more than two dozen scientists and engineers, including
Scripps Institution of Oceanography researchers.
(Quotes Tim Barnett, a research marine physicist
at Scripps).
http://www.nbc4.tv/news/1800552/detail.html
Related articles appeared
in:
Science
Daily, Nov 25
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2002/11/021122073303.htm
L.A. Daily News,
Nov. 24
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200%257E20954%257E1011505,00.html
Loss of
smell nothing to sniff at for elderly, expert warns
San Diego Union Tribune, Nov. 25 –
A San Diego Sate University study projected that 14 million
people in the United States have lost much of their ability
to distinguish common odors. Terence Davidson,
director of UCSD’s nasal dysfunction
clinic, was an adviser on SDSU’s research.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/uniontrib/mon/news/news_8n25smell.html
Creating
a fast lane
San Diego Union Tribune, Nov. 24 –
A proposed $22 million project could provide relief to the traffic
congestion in the University City/UCSD corridor.
Called the Super Loop, the service would send shuttles to 10
to 13 stations along a route between UCSD and
University Towne Centre. (Mentions UCSD’s
shuttle to UTC has 3,000 riders a day).
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/metro/20021124-9999_2m24transit.html
Price makes
generic drugs easy to swallow
San Diego Union Tribune, Nov. 25 –
Consumer skepticism about generic drugs has become a familiar
refrain. “If given a choice, many people will choose a
name-brand drug over a generic, even if they pave to pay a little
more.” says UCSD senior pharmacist Gordon
McGuire.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/uniontrib/mon/currents/news_1c25generic.html
